and women a. Explain what the dowry tradition is Æ The dowry tradition‚ p. 151 – the wife’s family gives a “dowry” or gift to the future husband’s family on marriage… – dowry deaths… – bride burning… b. Explain why there is a “gendercide” in India Æ India’s girls go missing‚ p. 20 – Another girl‚ p. 22 – A country on the march‚ p. 24 – gendercide = gender-selected abortions‚ female infanticide‚ dowry-related murders… – 600‚000 Indian girls go missing every year… – 940 girls for every 1
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Discuss the various Symbols used in the Passage To India. Introduction: Forster is a distinguished novelist both in modern English and world literature history. His works ignite criticisms of different views‚ among which individual relationships and the theme of separateness‚ of fences and barriers are the main problems that the author always focuses on. After the author’s two visits to India‚ the great novel A Passage to India (1924) was produced‚ which continues his previous style‚ i.e. probing
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The word super power refers to a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world. Firstly‚ India has a fine chance at becoming a superpower. India’s young population coupled with the second largest English-speaking population in the world‚ could give India an advantage over China. Also while other industrial countries will face a youth gap‚ India will have lots of young people‚ or in other words‚ workers. India cannot become a superpower just by sniffing a ‘feel good’ feeling in
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Fashion in India has become a growing industry with international events such as the India Fashion Week and annual shows by fashion designers in the major cities of India. The victories of a number of Indian beauty queens in International events such as the Miss World and Miss Universe contests have also made Indian models recognized worldwide. Fashion designers such as Ritu Kumar‚ Ritu Beri‚ Rohit Bal‚ Rina Dhaka‚ Muzaffar Ali‚ Satya Paul‚ Abraham and Thakore‚ Tarun Tahiliani‚ JJ Valaya and Manish
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Graham Mattison The Bible and Current Events Position Paper on Biblical Topic Dr. Kathleen Corley 11/15/2007 It isn’t the end of the world…yet. Many people believe that we are currently in the end times prophesized in the Bible. Although it would be fairly simple to attach biblical significance to events occurring in our current times‚ it is important to note‚ a great multitude of people‚ throughout the centuries‚ have searched within their own times for signs of the coming apocalypse
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Danone in India History of Danone India Danone India is today a huge part in the work of internationalization of the French group Danone. This subsidiary was established in two steps. Danone first established in 1989 a merger with an Indian group called Britannia‚ they were just participative. Then in 1993‚ they took the control of Britannia so it became a Danone subsidiary. At this time‚ it was said that this buying had required an investment of RS 150 cores. Danone becomes after
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Historic Flood Hits Minot The sounds of a siren crushed the hearts of an entire city as water overcame the dikes and flooded the streets. The people of Minot‚ North Dakota heard the siren and knew that their lives were about to greatly change. The Souris River topped the dikes in Minot on June 22‚ 2011. About twelve thousand residents were evacuated out of their homes after a desperate attempt to build sandbag walls around their houses and neighborhoods. All that the residents were able to do was
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The Power of Superstition in Public Life in India Why are superstitions a part of public life in India? The modern mechanisms for risk-management or “disciplines” ranging from statistics to modern medicine exist side-by-side with superstitions in the country. The answer to why these disciplines have not penetrated into the pores of Indian society lies in the history of political power in India. It is difficult to use the word “superstition” without imagining quotation marks around it. For‚
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A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN INDIA AND IN KERALA 20 . Introduction By way of substantiating the thesis that the large scale industries and their promotion have proved detrimental to environment‚ a close look at the history and evolution of industrialization is a must. But such a historical account of industrialization is too vast a field for the researcher to look into. It is therefore necessary to limit this enquiry to the area of industrialization in India in general
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PROJECT TRANSPORT OF INDIA OBJECTIVE 1. To develop an understanding of terms‚ concepts and principles related to geography. 2. To understand the use of natural resources and development of regions by mankind. 3. To know the availability of resources‚ understand‚ explain their uses and appreciate the problems of development in India and South Asia. INTRODUCTION A well-knit and coordinated system of transport is the lifeline of modern India and its developing economy
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